Thursday, December 31, 2015

Author-illustrator Hyewon Yum

Happy New Year's Eve! I am celebrating Watch. Connect. Read.'s birthday with Hyewon Yum. She dropped by to chat with me about Puddle, drawing, rainy days, picture books, and reading. I wrote the words in purple, and she wrote the words in black. Thank you, Hyewon!

Puddle tells the story of the
little boy’s rainy day. It’s rainy and the little boy can’t go outside. That’s
terribly boring! What can he do? Well, he drew the rainy day with his mom and
made a big PUDDLE!

The
Boy and his momis
my little boy and me. When I had to stay home with him because of the rain (I
don’t like getting wet so much) we were bored. We tried blocks, snacks and
other tricks but nothing worked. So I started to draw, and he asked me draw
this and that. We started to make a story.

He
had an idea and it became alive on the paper with his imagination. He giggled
and his face lit up when I drew grumpy daddy, mad mommy and the puddle! That
became this book.

I
think rainy days are
no fun if you need to go somewhere. But with a cup of hot cocoa and the right
music, it could be the best day for drawing and reading, which can lead you to
a long nap!

If
you visited my studioI’d
be so embarrassed. (I’m working in the basement right next to the laundry
room.) But I’d ask you to sit on my desk chair anyway. You would be a little
uncomfortable and you might sneeze because of the stacks of papers and their
dust friends. Then you would spin around from my desk, where there are
bookcases filled with beautiful picture books.You won’t get bored then.

The Twins’ Blanket and The Twins’ Little Sister

are
my childhood stories. I am a twin and I have a little sister. They are still my
best friends and I have a trunkful of memories with them. Sometimes I can’t
even tell it’s my story or my sisters’. I have to tell the stories about US.

Picture
books are the
best way I can tell my story. My words are not enough, I need pictures. “What
is the use of a book without pictures or conversations?”

Reading
ismy
passion. I’m really lazy but still curious, I can travel and become somebody
else on the couch or even in the bed.

Mr.
Schu, you should have asked mewhat’s
the next book? It’s A PIECE OF HOME from Candlewick. Jerri Watts wrote and I
illustrated, but I feel like I wrote the story. The story is about a young boy
who moved from Korea to West Virginia (I moved from Korea to Michigan 13 years
ago). Love the story! It will come out in June, 2016.

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I am a part-time lecturer at Rutgers University and the Ambassador of School Libraries for Scholastic. I work diligently to put the right book in every child's hand. Book trailers are one way to connect readers with books. (All opinions shared are on own.)